Bronson M. Cutting

Bronson Murray Cutting (23 June 1888-6 May 1935) was a US Senator from New Mexico (R) from 29 December 1927 to 6 December 1928 (succeeding Andrieus A. Jones and preceding Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo) and from 4 March 1929 to 6 May 1935 (succeeding Larrazolo and preceding Dennis Chavez).

Biography
Bronson Murray Cutting was born in Great River, Long Island, New York in 1888, and his doctors had him move to Santa Fe, New Mexico to cure him of his recurrent tuberculosis. In 1912, he became a newspaper publisher, publishing the Santa Fe New Mexican and El Nuevo Mexicano. During World War I, he served as a captain in the US Army, serving as military attache to England from 1917 to 1918. In 1927, he was appointed to succeed the late Andrieus A. Jones in the US Senate, serving until Octaviano Ambrosio Larrazolo was elected to finish the remainder of Jones' term. In 1929, he was elected to a full term, and he supported granting the Philippines autonomy. He received widespread praise for defending the freedom of the press, and he supported Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 presidential election. He died in a plane crash near Atlanta, Missouri in 1935, abruptly ending his promising career.